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Romeo and Juliet

Tragedy by William Shakespeare
"The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet" is a tragedy written by William Shakespeare about the romance between two young Italians from feuding families. It was among Shakespeare's most popular plays during his lifetime and, along with Hamlet, is one of his most frequently performed. The title characters are regarded as archetypal young lovers. (Source: Wikipedia)
Credits 

Author: William Shakespeare
Publication: The Folger Shakespeare (formerly Folger Digital Texts), February, 2017, Rom
Editors: Barbara A. Mowat, Paul Werstine, Barbara A. Mowat, Paul Werstine
Encoded in TEI Simple by: Martin Mueller, Michael Poston
Linguistically annotated with MorphAdorner by: Philip R. Burns, Martin Mueller
Edited for XML and encoded by: Michael Poston, Rebecca Niles
Source: https://www.folgerdigitaltexts.org/download/teisimple/Rom.xml

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Information

  • Approximate running time

    168 min

  • Language

    English

  • Composition of the troupe

    1 narrator bot

    29 actor bots

Characters

  • Abram

    a Montague servingman

  • Apothecary

  • Balthasar

    Romeo’s servingman

  • Benvolio

    theirkinsman

  • Capulet

    herfather

  • Capulet’s Cousin

  • Chorus

  • Escalus

    Prince of Verona

  • Friar John

  • Friar Lawrence

  • Gregory

  • Juliet

  • Lady Capulet

    hermother

  • Lady Montague

    hismother

  • Mercutio

    the Prince’s kinsman and Romeo’s friend

  • Montague

    hisfather

  • Nurse

  • Nurseto Juliet

  • Other Servingmen

  • Paris

    the Prince’s kinsman and Juliet’s suitor

  • Paris’ Page

  • Peter

  • Petruchio

    Tybalt’s companion

  • Romeo

  • Sampson

  • Three Musicians

  • Three Watchmen

  • Three or four Citizens

  • Tybalt

    kinsman to the Capulets